The Arizona sentinel., 1887-04-16
LOCAL N0TES.

Freight shipments over the Southern Pa ciiic are extraordinarily heavy.
 Fifteen prisoners escaped from the Les Angeles jail last Tuesday evening,
 We are sorry to learn of the indisposition of Col. Youpgblood, and hope he will soon again be enjoying his usual health.
 Palomon Avila, this week, resigned his position as guard at the prison, and Alex. Berry was appointed to i'll the vacancy
 Mir. John Dodd, paymaster and chief clerk of the Mohawk Canal Co.,, was in town Sunday.
 Geo. w Norton is prepared to take con- tracts for clearing and leveling land in the Mohawk valley, and preparing the same for cultivation.
 The poll-tax man is abroad in the land. Sheriff Nugent started Tout "Wednesday to size up the earthly possessions of the de- voted citizens O. this s''county.
 A refreshing rain visited Yuma last Thurs day afternoon and night, which laid the dust beautifully and madei the atmosphere delightfully."- pure, cool and bracing.
 Mir. O. F. Townsend has received direct from the eastern manufacturer, one Inf Lef- fels Iron Wind Engines, which he will use to irrigate his place south of town.
 The many friends of Mr. S. G. Lason, will be-pleased to!learn ofshis good fortune in having secured lucrative position as chief clerk of the St. Charles hotel, Los Angeles
 Judge c. HI Brinley, the retiring Secre- tary of the Board of Prison Commissioners, has made an excellent record as 4n efficient, faithful officer, always prompt, pains-tak- ing and obliging.
 Our Spanish-American citizens will hold grand celebration on the 5th of May. A picnic, athletic exercises, games, etc, will form the programme of the day. A general good time is promised to all who attend.
 Mir. H. W. Blaisdell, chief engineer of the Mohawk Canal Co.,, was in town last Sunday. Work will be commenced on ithe canal in about two weeks and will be push ed without interruption.
 Mir. J. E. Holland paid Yuma visit last Sunday, and his many friends were glad to see his handsome, smiling face. He is now Section boss at Gila City. having been transferred from Aztec.
 Ed. Brown and s. W. Outtrim were up before U. s. Commissioner, J. J. Stein, last Saturday, charged with selling whiskey to Indians They waived examination and were sent to Phoenix to await the action of the U. s. Grand Jury wbich meets the 27th inst.
 Hon. Geo. H. Stevens, Little Steve, who was m,mber of the last legislature and who unlike great many of his con freres. is bigger man above his ears, than below them, expresses the opinion that the License Law is doomed.-Prospector.
 Four car loads of cannon-32- -pounders- passed over the road Tuesday, en route to the Pacific coast. The alarmed things look ed tame and harmless enough, but we i'm agine if they should ever be turned loose, somebody would get hurt.
 The fiYe Tonto Indians who have been raiding south and west of Globe and in the Tonto Basin, have been captured and are now in the guard house at San Carlos They are to be tried in the counties where the depredations were committed,
 The genuine staying real estate boom is very liable to come to the Gila valley, and the completion of the big irrigatiug canal will be about tine center of. the boom. There is plenty of good water and plenty of land to put it on, and there seems to be the necessary amount of capital to utilize the water. Star |